Read the excerpt from the story Penguin Parade: An Antarctic Adventure: (1) "How do you feel about spending your summer vacation in one of the coldest places on Earth?" Mom was beaming from ear to ear. I could tell she was excited by the way she clutched her coffee cup with both hands, her fingers constantly drumming against the ceramic body. "The magazine finally approved my idea for a penguin story!"

(2) My mom is a professional photographer and her favorite subjects are animals, usually rare or endangered species. She's photographed tigers in Siberia, white rhinos in Africa, kea parrots in New Zealand, and even snow leopards in the Himalayas. She had been pushing her boss at the magazine for months to let her photograph the emperor penguins during their breeding season.

How does the author prepare the reader for the rest of the passage in paragraphs 1 and 2?

The author sets up the characters and the setting. A mother, who is a photographer, and her daughter are excited to be going to Antarctica to see penguins.

The author sets up the setting and topic. The topic is endangered animals, and the setting is somewhere in the Arctic.

The author sets up the theme and characters. The characters, a mother and daughter, struggle to get to the continent of Antarctica.

The author sets up the theme and topic. A mother struggles to get her daughter interested in animals and photography.

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